Blackwood Creek (California)

Blackwood Creek (Washo: dogásliʔ), is a 8-mile-long (13 km)[4] eastward-flowing stream originating on the southwest flank of Ellis Peak in the Sierra Nevada.

"Blackwood Pass" at the head of the creek is named on the Wheeler Survey Report of 1876-1877.

[6] The creek mainstem is paralleled by Barker Pass Road.

Historically, Blackwood Creek once hosted native Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) and other native fishes and was almost as important as the Upper Truckee River to the Washoe as a fishery.

It is now a critical spawning stream for Lake Tahoe's non-native rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Beaver dam on Blackwood Creek apparently broken by vandals. Beaver dams are easily crossed by trout and may serve as critical breaks for wildfires. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]